Boxing Buzz

By Karl Freitag

The new Alabama Athletic Commission has issued boxing license 001 to unbeaten Olympian Deontay Wilder, who will headline Alabama’s first sanctioned professional boxing card on February 19th card at Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa. The promoter of the card is Skyy Promotions, headed by Wilder’s trainer Jay Deas.
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WBA heavyweight champion David Haye is currently working out at the famed 5th Street Gym in Miami Beach.
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Ring legend Sugar Ray Leonard has agreed to serve as the honorary mayor of Pacific Palisades, California. Mayor Leonard takes office in June replacing the Love Boat’s Gavin MacLeod.
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The March 12 Miguel Cotto-Ricardo Mayorga will be the first Showtime-distributed PPV fight since the November 2007 clash between Mayorga himself and Fernando Vargas. (Big thanks to Jody Partin)
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Nice article about Fightnews.com photographer Emily Harney in the Salem News. Congratulations Emily!
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Trainer Steve Canton will open the new SJC Boxing Gym this weekend in Fort Myers. The Florida Boxing Hall of Fame Class of 2011 inductees will be announced at the event.
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Mike Tyson’s pigeon reality show will debut March 6 on Animal Planet.
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Heavyweight Eric “Drummer Boy” Molina (16-1, 12 KOs) has signed with DKP and is scheduled to appear on the March 12 Cotto-Mayorga card. He will be trained by Al Bonanni.
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WBA super flyweight champion Hugo Cazares is considering giving up his 115-pound belt and moving to bantamweight.
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Fightnews.com sends our deepest sympathies to frequent contributor Pepe Rodriguez, whose mother passed away this morning.